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Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 course offerings with descriptions, syllabuses, texts, schedules, and assignments.

 
 Anthropology of Gender: Seminar.  Fall 2002.      
An advanced course for graduate students.  This seminar examines anthropological approaches to problematizing gender.  We consider critiques of anthropology from feminist perspectives, the dilemmas of feminist anthropology, and the ethnographic record on gender issues.
  Ethnographic Method & Analysis, Spring 2002.       
An intensive course on the construction and analysis of ethnography.  Through close reading of ethnographies, we consider such approaches as realism, structural/institutional analysis, the life history, and introspective analysis.  We review models for analysis of language, exchange, and classification.  In-class exercises include analyses of myth and social categories.  Problems of ethnography of one's own society, and feminist and postmodern critiques and debates about ethnography.
  Sex, Gender, & Culture in the Modern World, Fall 2003.        (M W 3:10-4:25)
Through reading ethnographic accounts of sex and gender, we pose answers to such questions as: How do cultures define gender?  How many genders are there?  How does culture shape sexuality?  Are men and women always unequal?  What is happening to men and women in this global economic age?  What are women's religious experiences?  How is reproduction shaped by culture and society?
  Cultural Anthropology: Cultures in a Global Society, Fall 2003       (T Th 1:35-2:50)
An introduction to anthropology's study of cultures in a global context. Designed as a multi-disciplinary course for all majors, this course includes specific topics and assignments for non-anthropology majors, as well as a variety of classroom media such as video, game-playing, in-class "quick and dirty" research projects, ethnographies, role-playing, and museum visits.
 Cultural Anthropology: Cultures in a Global Society, Spring 2004       (T Th 1:35-2:50)
An introduction to anthropology's study of cultures in a global context. Designed as a multi-disciplinary course for all majors, this course includes specific topics and assignments for non-anthropology majors, as well as a variety of classroom media such as video, game-playing, in-class "quick and dirty" research projects, ethnographies, role-playing, and museum visits.
Identity & Community in the U.S.  Spring 2004.     (T Th 10:35-11:50)
Americans are preoccupied with "identity" and "community."  This course will examine how Americans make identities and communities, what meanings their identities and communities have in people's lives, what makes identities and communities "American," and what people do with them. 
Ethnography of the U.S.  Spring 2003.    
An advanced course on the United States for graduate students.

 

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